nachos

If you're going to sit down and watch a lengthy baseball game, grab a snack that will transport you right to the park without ever having to worry about leaving early to beat the traffic. Whip up some real nachos straight from the FR test Kitchen and stay through the handshakes.

When I was working as a cheesemonger, I used to make this four-cheese nachos dish at the end of the day with odds and ends from the case. Experiment with different cheeses and have fun — but try and avoid blue and goat cheese. This is a great snack for movie night, and a good use for those cheeses that have been knocking around in your fridge for a few days. The recipe and technique, right this way...

Life in the kitchen just got way more exciting — coming from someone that happily spends 80% of their time by the stove — that means a lot! An anonymous nacho enthusiast put together a gem of an online store which sells nacho-inspired apparel. Our favorite item? The nacho apron.

Nachos can be a polycephalic beast for sure. They run the gamut from stale chips topped with a gooey yellow substance that I can only describe as warm cheese pudding, to truly magical platters of cheesy, meaty, crunchy goodness. Go for the f*cking jugular on this one and make BBQ pulled pork nachos from scratch, a.k.a. the Pigskinless Pigskin Platter.

There's a case to be made for pizza as the world's most perfect food. When you've got bread, sauce and cheese, there's not a whole lot to complain about. Plus, it can be topped with just about anything, it's portable and it's loved the world over. Pizza is certainly one of the world's most perfect foods, but I think in the Game of Perfect Foods, there's a new contender for the crown: Sir Nacho of the Cheesy Crunchy Islands. Read on.

There's no better place for a nachos cookbook than the shelves of the Food Republic library, and no better way to snack than updating a beloved classic. That's something we learned after replacing jack cheese with manchego and ground beef with chorizo. Now we're ruined for life.

There's no better place for a nachos cookbook than the shelves of the Food Republic library, and no better way to snack than combining two awesome things. That's something we learned after making these fried calamari nachos, and we're better people for it.

There's no better place for a nachos cookbook than the shelves of the Food Republic library, and no better time for nachos than brunch. That's something we learned after making these Sunny Side Nachos, and we're better people for it.